Method of making turn-shoes.



M. L. DODGE.

METHOD OF MAKING TURN SHOES. APPLICATION HLED NOV. 6 I916. RENEWED AUG.30.1911.

1,241,939. Patented oer. 2, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON L. DODGE, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF MAKING TURN-SHOES.

Specification of Letters latcnt.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

Application flied November 6, 1916, Serial No. 129,660. Renewed August30, 1917. Serial No. 188,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mnxron L. Dooon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Methods ofMaking Turn-S oes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to turn shoes and particularly to the method offastening toe boxes therein.

In my co ending application, Serial No. 110,855, file July 24, 1916, Ihave disclosed a method of making a turn shoe with a previously moldedstiif toe box, according to which the shoe is lasted, sewed, andturnedwithout a toe box, after which the toe box is inserted into the 'shoeand secured by adhesive substance. A feature of the specificallydescribed method is that the toe portion of the lining is turned backuntil after the shoe has been turned andthe toe box inserted, and isthen tucked into the toe box. My present method is like that of theaforesaid application in that the toe portion of the linin may be turnedback until after the shoe as been turned, and then tucked into the toebox but the present method differs from my former met ed in that the toebox, which is previously molded, is attached to the shoe before thelatter'is turned. A new feature of the present invention is that the toebox is arranged right side u on the sole-while the shoe is wrong si 0out, and is fastened directly to the sole or to the upper, as the casemay be, before the shoe is turned, thus insuring suitable anchorage forthe toe box to kee it in the desired position in the finished s 0e.

Of the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the toeportion of a lasted turn shoe before being turned right side out, andincludes a toe box shown in its initial position by solid lines and inits ultimate position by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 represents a erspective view of a stifi molded toe box ike thatincluded in Fig. 3 re resents a longitudinal vertical section. oft e toeportion of a lasted shoe similar to that shown in Fig. 1, the toe boxbeing anchored directl to the sole by a tack instead of by the stitchshown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional view similar to Figs. 1 and 3 exceptingthatthe toe box section through a shoe made in accordance with Fig. 1,the shoe being turned right side out and the toe portion of the liningbeing represented by solid lines in a turnedback position, and by dottedlines as having been tucked into the toe box.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical cross section through the shoe as shown byFig. 5, in the plane indicated by line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 represents a vertical cross section through the structureintersected by line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever theyoccur.

The toe portion of the last is indicated at 10, and the sole and upperare indicated respectively at 11 and '12. The pulled over mar inalportion of the up er is secured to t e sole by the usual stitches, oneof which is indicated at 13, such stitches being arranged in the usualstitch-receiving channel 14 of the sole. The lining 15, with theexception of the toe portion thereof, is secured to the sole by thestitches 13 (see Fig. 6) but the toe ortion 15 of the lining 1sinitially turns back, as represented in Fi s. 1, 3,1 and 5.

eferring particularly to Fig. 1, a stiif molded toe-box like that shownby Fig.2, is used. The body of the toe .box is indicated at 16. It isprovided with a flan 16 that is adapted to rest upon the so c. Thisfiange is snipped at the toe and to provide a tab 17, and such tab isinitially turned outwardly as shown by Fi 2. The

function of the tab is to receive t e fastening means by which the toebox is to be secured directly to the sole. Still referring to Fig. 1,thetoe box is arranged, in the first instance, in the osition representedby solid lines, and whi e in that position the tab 17 is secured by oneor more stitches. 13, after which the toe box is swung upwardly overupon the sole to the position represented by dotted lines. The initialposition of the toe box is such as to leave ample space for the usualinstrumentalities of a sewing or stitching machine to sew the stitches,and the toe box may therefore be secured by the stitches sewn by suchmachine. However, it would be ossible to insert one or more additionalstitches with 2 uann?! A Mud needle to reirrForce the connection Solenear the margin 04' the latter. "The between u. in i7 McHhe ooleaml mRue-h poi-w oi uch would pAsis th ou h he time the AddlhOnHl ghtcherwool-I extend things 16' oi the '(DG box. mod. on n mhiru, utto thechannel I in P 'QCIIEly the SAM? "the metal Harlin/3 rack would be towedI'YlO'ilOfi amthcwe sewn b the mmcnme. b RcK And lmdwd 149 shown by CV8.The

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In ouch of the three examples illustrated and described the toe portionof the iining is initially turncd back as shown, so that the upper willlie in contact with the toe box when thc shoe is turned. The turn iugoperation ma be performed as soon as the toe portion of the toe box hasbeen socured by any of the methods described, and the too box is heldfirmly in the desired position during the turning operation. After theshoc has been turned and stretched or othcrwisl i smoothed to removc theWrinlilQb', the turnoiHmck toc-portion of the lining may be tucked intothe foe box as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 5 and by solid linesin Fig. 7. In order, however, to keep the toe portion of the l' the rearportion the shoe may be placed u on a metal nailin -jack, and tacks bedriven from the bottom of the 2. 1n the art of making [urn liiofhoilcomprising the stops of upper and solo without u 100 box, uniting sin-l1rclntion as to vnublc the [oc box to lie right side up on [he ullimuteinncr fin-c of the sole, and turning the shoe, thereby inclosmg the tocbox.

3. In the art of making turn shoes, the method comprising the steps oflasting the upper, 21 lining, and a sole, without a toe box, uniting theupper, the sole, and the lining, excepting the toe portion of thelatter, caring the said toe portion turned back from tho toe and of theshoe, scciu'ing the toe end of a stiff molded too box to one of thelasted elements in such relation as to enable the too box to be rightside up on the ultimate inner face of the the shoe, th'crcby inclosingtho tucking said turnmhbzu-k portion of the lining into the toe box.

4. In the art of making a, turn shoe, the method comprising the stops oflasting the upper and sole without 21- toe box, unitin the upper andsole, stiff molded toe-b lasted elements,

king :1 turn shoe, the method comprising the steps oflasting the withouta toe box, uniting the upper and sole fastening a portion of a. stiffmolded toe lJox dir ctly to the sole, and then turning the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

MILTON L. DODGE:

